Tijuana International Airport
Tijuana International Airport Aeropuerto Internacional General Abelardo L. Rodríguez | |||||||||||||||
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| Airport type | Public / Military | ||||||||||||||
| Operator | Grupo Aeroportuario del Pacífico | ||||||||||||||
| Serves | San Diego–Tijuana | ||||||||||||||
| Location | Tijuana, Baja California (CBX terminal in Otay Mesa, San Diego, California) | ||||||||||||||
| Opened | May 1, 1951 | ||||||||||||||
| Hub for | Volaris | ||||||||||||||
| Focus city for | Viva | ||||||||||||||
| Time zone | PST (UTC-08:00) | ||||||||||||||
| • Summer (DST) | PDT (UTC-07:00) | ||||||||||||||
| Elevation AMSL | 149 m / 489 ft | ||||||||||||||
| Coordinates | 32°32′27″N 116°58′12″W / 32.54083°N 116.97000°W | ||||||||||||||
| Website | www | ||||||||||||||
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TIJ/MMTJ Location of airport in Tijuana TIJ/MMTJ TIJ/MMTJ (Baja California) TIJ/MMTJ TIJ/MMTJ (Mexico) | |||||||||||||||
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| Source: Grupo Aeroportuario del Pacífico | |||||||||||||||
Tijuana International Airport (Spanish: Aeropuerto Internacional de Tijuana), officially Aeropuerto Internacional General Abelardo L. Rodríguez (General Abelardo L. Rodríguez International Airport) (IATA: TIJ, ICAO: MMTJ), is an international airport located 5 km (3.1 mi) northeast of downtown Tijuana, Baja California, Mexico. It serves Tijuana and the surrounding San Diego–Tijuana metropolitan area, home to a population of five million.
The airport functions primarily as a domestic gateway, serving a network of 37 domestic destinations. It is a hub for Volaris and a focus city for Viva. Additionally, the airport houses facilities for the Mexican Air Force and supports cargo flights, tourism, flight training, and general aviation. It is the westernmost airport in Mexico and the second-northernmost, after Mexicali International Airport. The airport is operated by Grupo Aeroportuario del Pacífico.
Situated adjacent to the Mexico–United States border, Tijuana Airport is a geographically binational airport, having direct access to its terminal from Mexico and from its Cross Border Xpress (CBX) facility in the United States. This rare feature allows passengers with a boarding pass to walk across the border using a dedicated pedestrian bridge.
The airport ranks as the fifth busiest in Mexico for both passenger numbers and aircraft movements, and holds the 16th position in Latin America and the 47th in North America. It handled 12,545,800 passengers in 2024 and reached 12,650,000 in 2025, of which 4,018,100 were international passengers using the CBX terminal.